A Rock the Vote event at St. John Fisher was held earlier this year to register college-aged voters, who helped President Obama achieve re-election.

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David Jackson
USA Today

President Obama took a lower percentage of the under-30 vote in this month's election than he did in 2008 -- though the youth vote may have been more decisive this time around.

In a new analysis, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press pointed out that Obama lost voters 30 years and over to Republican challenger Mitt Romney in Florida, Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania -- "yet he swept all four battleground states, in part because he won majorities of 60% or more among young voters."

Overall, Obama won 60% among voters younger than 30, down from 66% in the 2008 race against John ...